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Geoffrey Shaw: London Birds | Hannah Yap
Geoffrey Shaw: London Birds
published: 09 May 2023
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London Birds by Geoffrey Shaw - Jeffie Leung
Jeffie Leung, Soprano
Ivan Wong, Pianist
Geoffrey Shaw, Composer
Recorded by Mr. Norman Chan
Theon Studio & Productions
published: 19 Apr 2017
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Lute-book lullaby - William Ballet, Geoffrey Shaw (arr.), John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
'Lute-book lullaby'
From the album 'Christmas Night'
Composer William Ballet
Arranger Geoffrey Shaw
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Buy, download or stream: https://smarturl.it/XmasNight
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Lute-book lullaby
This was originally a solo song with lute accompaniment – one of a whole collection of them compiled in the early seventeenth century by the lutenist William Ballet, hence the title. Lullabies for the Christ child had become a popular form since the appearance ...
published: 06 Nov 2020
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Geoffrey Shaw: What Grandfather Plays (5 Pieces for Piano)
1-The Pony Gallops; 2-Mrs. Duck; 3-The Shepherd to his Lambs; 4-The Brave Tin Soldier; 5-Grandfather Clock.
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Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943) was an English organist, music educator, and composer (pupil of Stanford at Cambridge), who, with his brother Martin (1875-1958) was important in the revival of English church and other vocal music (in particular many part-songs). The brothers were (uniquely) made honorary Lambeth doctors of music by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1932. Geoffrey composed a ballet, orchestral music, chamber and piano works, but these are all neglected. For more on Geoffrey's work, see:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Shaw-Geoffrey.htm
This charming set of piano pieces was published in 1934 and dedicated to...
published: 04 Mar 2009
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Buổi Ra Mắt Sách Của Tiến Sĩ Geoffrey Shaw Viết Về Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm /P2
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
published: 18 May 2018
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Fantasia on Adeste Fideles Geoffrey Shaw recorded on 16122016
Played by Alan Cufaude on the Eminent Digital Computing Organ at Castle Hill United Reformed Church, Doddridge Street, Northampton. Castle Hill URC was the site of the ministry of Phillip Doddridge the famous hymn writer.
published: 16 Dec 2016
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Buổi Ra Mắt Sách Của Tiến Sĩ Geoffrey Shaw Viết Về Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm /P1
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
published: 18 May 2018
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Dr Geoffrey Shaw (piano) - Prelude in G minor; Bourree in E major (Bach) (1937)
More Bach played by Dr Geoffrey Shaw and recorded at Decca's Thames Street Studios on 13 December 1937.
From Wikipedia: Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 1879 – 14 April 1943) was an English composer and musician specialising in Anglican church music. After Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar, he became a schoolmaster, then a schools inspector, while producing a stream of compositions, arrangements, and published collections of music. He was awarded the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music.
Shaw worked with his brother Martin Shaw, also a composer, while his son Sebastian was a Shakespearean actor who is remembered for the Star Wars role of Anakin Skywalker.
Born at Clapham, South London, in 1879, Shaw was the son of James Fallas Shaw, a composer of church music and organist of ...
published: 31 Mar 2021
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How Far is it to Bethlehem? by Geoffrey Shaw
Performed by The Gleniffer Singers
Conducted by Dr Roger McLean and accompanied by David Stewart
Musical Director Dr Roger McLean
Recorded by Eddie Goutcher
Photo taken by Iain Waterston Photography
https://www.facebook.com/GlenifferSingers/
https://www.iainwaterstonphotography.com/
published: 01 Aug 2022
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Fantasia on Adeste Fidelis arr Geoffrey Shaw
Extended solo arrangement with many registrations
published: 09 Aug 2021
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London Birds by Geoffrey Shaw - Jeffie Leung
Jeffie Leung, Soprano
Ivan Wong, Pianist
Geoffrey Shaw, Composer
Recorded by Mr. Norman Chan
Theon Studio & Productions
Jeffie Leung, Soprano
Ivan Wong, Pianist
Geoffrey Shaw, Composer
Recorded by Mr. Norman Chan
Theon Studio & Productions
https://wn.com/London_Birds_By_Geoffrey_Shaw_Jeffie_Leung
Jeffie Leung, Soprano
Ivan Wong, Pianist
Geoffrey Shaw, Composer
Recorded by Mr. Norman Chan
Theon Studio & Productions
- published: 19 Apr 2017
- views: 3077
2:07
Lute-book lullaby - William Ballet, Geoffrey Shaw (arr.), John Rutter, The Cambridge Singers
'Lute-book lullaby'
From the album 'Christmas Night'
Composer William Ballet
Arranger Geoffrey Shaw
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Buy, dow...
'Lute-book lullaby'
From the album 'Christmas Night'
Composer William Ballet
Arranger Geoffrey Shaw
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Buy, download or stream: https://smarturl.it/XmasNight
Find more of the catalogue and curated playlists by subscribing to the channel:
http://bit.ly/2uQMe9P
Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnruttermusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmrutter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnrutter.composer
Website: https://www.johnrutter.com
Lute-book lullaby
This was originally a solo song with lute accompaniment – one of a whole collection of them compiled in the early seventeenth century by the lutenist William Ballet, hence the title. Lullabies for the Christ child had become a popular form since the appearance of an especially lovely example by Byrd in 1588. The choral transcription by Geoffrey Shaw was made in the 1920s for The Oxford Book of Carols.
LYRICS:
Sweet was the song the Virgin sang,
When she to Bethlem Juda came
And was delivered of a son,
That blessed Jesus hath to name.
‘Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby,
Lulla, lulla,
Lalullaby, sweet babe,’ sang she,
‘My son, and eke a Saviour born,
Who hast vouchsaféd from on high
To visit us that were forlorn; Lalula, lalula,
Lalulaby, sweet babe,’ sang she,
And rocked him sweetly on her knee.
Christmas Night
The theme of the album - Christmas Night - is the birth of Christ, reflected in the words and music of twenty-two carols spanning more than six centuries. Some of these carols have long been widely known and loved; others have become so thanks to the annual Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. But all of them focus on the central event of the Christmas story – the birth at Bethlehem – and on the characters in that story: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, and the mother with her child.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
Contact
[email protected]
https://wn.com/Lute_Book_Lullaby_William_Ballet,_Geoffrey_Shaw_(Arr.),_John_Rutter,_The_Cambridge_Singers
'Lute-book lullaby'
From the album 'Christmas Night'
Composer William Ballet
Arranger Geoffrey Shaw
Conductor John Rutter
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Buy, download or stream: https://smarturl.it/XmasNight
Find more of the catalogue and curated playlists by subscribing to the channel:
http://bit.ly/2uQMe9P
Social Media Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johnruttermusic
Twitter: https://twitter.com/johnmrutter
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnrutter.composer
Website: https://www.johnrutter.com
Lute-book lullaby
This was originally a solo song with lute accompaniment – one of a whole collection of them compiled in the early seventeenth century by the lutenist William Ballet, hence the title. Lullabies for the Christ child had become a popular form since the appearance of an especially lovely example by Byrd in 1588. The choral transcription by Geoffrey Shaw was made in the 1920s for The Oxford Book of Carols.
LYRICS:
Sweet was the song the Virgin sang,
When she to Bethlem Juda came
And was delivered of a son,
That blessed Jesus hath to name.
‘Lulla, lulla, lulla, lullaby,
Lulla, lulla,
Lalullaby, sweet babe,’ sang she,
‘My son, and eke a Saviour born,
Who hast vouchsaféd from on high
To visit us that were forlorn; Lalula, lalula,
Lalulaby, sweet babe,’ sang she,
And rocked him sweetly on her knee.
Christmas Night
The theme of the album - Christmas Night - is the birth of Christ, reflected in the words and music of twenty-two carols spanning more than six centuries. Some of these carols have long been widely known and loved; others have become so thanks to the annual Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at King’s College, Cambridge. But all of them focus on the central event of the Christmas story – the birth at Bethlehem – and on the characters in that story: the angels, the shepherds, the wise men, and the mother with her child.
John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.
Contact
[email protected]
- published: 06 Nov 2020
- views: 9130
8:10
Geoffrey Shaw: What Grandfather Plays (5 Pieces for Piano)
1-The Pony Gallops; 2-Mrs. Duck; 3-The Shepherd to his Lambs; 4-The Brave Tin Soldier; 5-Grandfather Clock.
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1-The Pony Gallops; 2-Mrs. Duck; 3-The Shepherd to his Lambs; 4-The Brave Tin Soldier; 5-Grandfather Clock.
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Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943) was an English organist, music educator, and composer (pupil of Stanford at Cambridge), who, with his brother Martin (1875-1958) was important in the revival of English church and other vocal music (in particular many part-songs). The brothers were (uniquely) made honorary Lambeth doctors of music by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1932. Geoffrey composed a ballet, orchestral music, chamber and piano works, but these are all neglected. For more on Geoffrey's work, see:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Shaw-Geoffrey.htm
This charming set of piano pieces was published in 1934 and dedicated to 'Drusilla and Geoffrey' who I assume were his own grandchildren. His son Sebastian (1905-94; who became a Shakespearian actor, and eclipsed his father's global fame by playing the role of Anakin Skywalker in 'Return of the Jedi') had a daughter named Drusilla (later Drusilla McLeod) and, although she would have been very young, was probably one of the dedicatees. The pieces seem to have been written for adults to play for children, and, although small-scale, are not easy. At the end of the last piece, the clock whirrs and chimes 6 o'clock - presumably supper time.
I have reproduced the interesting cover-art from the score on the title slides for each piece. This shows a grandfather playing the piano with a small child on his lap. The picture is by MC Shoosmith. This I take to be Marjorie Shoosmith, brought up in India, and married to the architect Arthur Gordon Shoosmith, who was prominent, with Lutyens in the design of building for New Delhi. Marjorie painted a miniature in Mughal style of her husband handing over the plans of the city to the British Viceroy. The Shoosmiths returned to England in the early 1930s.
Thumbnail image created with Wombo Dream ( t.ly/zhJa ).
#englishmusic #britishmusic #grandfather
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Played by Phillip Sear
http://www.psear.co.uk (Email:
[email protected]
WhatsApp: http://wa.me/441444483794 )
https://wn.com/Geoffrey_Shaw_What_Grandfather_Plays_(5_Pieces_For_Piano)
1-The Pony Gallops; 2-Mrs. Duck; 3-The Shepherd to his Lambs; 4-The Brave Tin Soldier; 5-Grandfather Clock.
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Geoffrey Shaw (1879-1943) was an English organist, music educator, and composer (pupil of Stanford at Cambridge), who, with his brother Martin (1875-1958) was important in the revival of English church and other vocal music (in particular many part-songs). The brothers were (uniquely) made honorary Lambeth doctors of music by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1932. Geoffrey composed a ballet, orchestral music, chamber and piano works, but these are all neglected. For more on Geoffrey's work, see:
http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Lib/Shaw-Geoffrey.htm
This charming set of piano pieces was published in 1934 and dedicated to 'Drusilla and Geoffrey' who I assume were his own grandchildren. His son Sebastian (1905-94; who became a Shakespearian actor, and eclipsed his father's global fame by playing the role of Anakin Skywalker in 'Return of the Jedi') had a daughter named Drusilla (later Drusilla McLeod) and, although she would have been very young, was probably one of the dedicatees. The pieces seem to have been written for adults to play for children, and, although small-scale, are not easy. At the end of the last piece, the clock whirrs and chimes 6 o'clock - presumably supper time.
I have reproduced the interesting cover-art from the score on the title slides for each piece. This shows a grandfather playing the piano with a small child on his lap. The picture is by MC Shoosmith. This I take to be Marjorie Shoosmith, brought up in India, and married to the architect Arthur Gordon Shoosmith, who was prominent, with Lutyens in the design of building for New Delhi. Marjorie painted a miniature in Mughal style of her husband handing over the plans of the city to the British Viceroy. The Shoosmiths returned to England in the early 1930s.
Thumbnail image created with Wombo Dream ( t.ly/zhJa ).
#englishmusic #britishmusic #grandfather
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Played by Phillip Sear
http://www.psear.co.uk (Email:
[email protected]
WhatsApp: http://wa.me/441444483794 )
- published: 04 Mar 2009
- views: 1230
30:11
Buổi Ra Mắt Sách Của Tiến Sĩ Geoffrey Shaw Viết Về Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm /P2
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The Ameri...
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
https://wn.com/Buổi_Ra_Mắt_Sách_Của_Tiến_Sĩ_Geoffrey_Shaw_Viết_Về_Cố_Tổng_Thống_Ngô_Đình_Diệm_P2
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
- published: 18 May 2018
- views: 572
7:41
Fantasia on Adeste Fideles Geoffrey Shaw recorded on 16122016
Played by Alan Cufaude on the Eminent Digital Computing Organ at Castle Hill United Reformed Church, Doddridge Street, Northampton. Castle Hill URC was the site...
Played by Alan Cufaude on the Eminent Digital Computing Organ at Castle Hill United Reformed Church, Doddridge Street, Northampton. Castle Hill URC was the site of the ministry of Phillip Doddridge the famous hymn writer.
https://wn.com/Fantasia_On_Adeste_Fideles_Geoffrey_Shaw_Recorded_On_16122016
Played by Alan Cufaude on the Eminent Digital Computing Organ at Castle Hill United Reformed Church, Doddridge Street, Northampton. Castle Hill URC was the site of the ministry of Phillip Doddridge the famous hymn writer.
- published: 16 Dec 2016
- views: 1250
32:01
Buổi Ra Mắt Sách Của Tiến Sĩ Geoffrey Shaw Viết Về Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm /P1
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The Ameri...
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
https://wn.com/Buổi_Ra_Mắt_Sách_Của_Tiến_Sĩ_Geoffrey_Shaw_Viết_Về_Cố_Tổng_Thống_Ngô_Đình_Diệm_P1
Little Saigon (VanHoaNBLV) – Chương Trình Văn Hóa Nhân Bản Lạc Việt ghi lại một số hình ảnh về buổi ra mắt và ký tên sách “The Lost Mandate of Heaven, The American Betrayal of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of Vietnam” (Thiên Đường Bị Đánh Mất, Sự Phản Bội Của Hoa Kỳ Đối Với Tổng Thống VNCH Ngô Đình Diệm) của tác giả Geoffrey Shaw.
Buổi ra mắt sách được tổ chức vào chiều ngày 3 tháng 4 năm 2016 tại Phòng Hội của Trung Tâm Công Giáo Việt Nam Giáo Phận Orange, 1538 N. Century Blvd., Thành phố Santa Ana, Miền Nam California, Hoa Kỳ.
- published: 18 May 2018
- views: 1412
3:25
Dr Geoffrey Shaw (piano) - Prelude in G minor; Bourree in E major (Bach) (1937)
More Bach played by Dr Geoffrey Shaw and recorded at Decca's Thames Street Studios on 13 December 1937.
From Wikipedia: Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 187...
More Bach played by Dr Geoffrey Shaw and recorded at Decca's Thames Street Studios on 13 December 1937.
From Wikipedia: Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 1879 – 14 April 1943) was an English composer and musician specialising in Anglican church music. After Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar, he became a schoolmaster, then a schools inspector, while producing a stream of compositions, arrangements, and published collections of music. He was awarded the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music.
Shaw worked with his brother Martin Shaw, also a composer, while his son Sebastian was a Shakespearean actor who is remembered for the Star Wars role of Anakin Skywalker.
Born at Clapham, South London, in 1879, Shaw was the son of James Fallas Shaw, a composer of church music and organist of Hampstead, and the younger brother of the composer Martin Shaw (1875–1958). Geoffrey Shaw became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral under Sir George Martin and was then educated at Derby School and Caius College, Cambridge. At Caius, he was an organ scholar, studied with Sir Charles Stanford and Charles Wood, and graduated BA in 1901 and MusB in 1902.
From 1902 to 1910, Shaw was a music master and Director of Music at Gresham's School, Holt, a role in which he was succeeded by his fellow Old Derbeian, Walter Greatorex. Benson's History of Gresham's School notes that 'Shaw was too fine a musician to be held for long, despite his love of Norfolk, and he went on to become an outstanding School Inspector.'
Shaw was an inspector of music in London schools from 1911 to 1940, simultaneously holding several posts as an organist, and in 1920 was his brother Martin's successor as organist of St Mary's, Primrose Hill, remaining there until 1930. He was also Inspector of Music to the Board of Education from 1928 until his retirement in 1942. For some years he chaired the BBC's schools music sub-committee.
In his Board of Education work, Shaw worked to raise standards of musical education in schools and also supported popular organisations and training colleges. His unofficial activities included promoting summer schools for teachers, and he was in demand as an adjudicator at music festivals. He was the first adjudicator of the Thanet Competitive Musical Festival, founded in 1921.
As a composer, Shaw's work included choral works, anthems, hymn tunes and arrangements, a ballet called 'All at Sea,' chamber pieces, orchestral works, and other songs, including part-songs and unison songs. Several descants by Shaw, Alan Gray and Ralph Vaughan Williams appear in Songs of Praise, one of the earliest hymnals to include such work. Shaw was an enthusiast for folk music and the work of Henry Purcell, and one of his aims was to restore the dignity of Christian music.
With his brother, Shaw edited song books. He was one of the editors of The Public School Hymn Book of 1919 and also published the Descant Hymn-Tune Book, in two volumes. With Percy Dearmer, Martin and Geoffrey Shaw had a significant influence on 20th-century church music.
Shaw's friend John Ireland composed the melody for My Song Is Love Unknown over lunch one day with Shaw, and at his suggestion.
In 1932, Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, awarded Shaw the honorary Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music. When Shaw died in 1943, he was cremated and his ashes buried at Golders Green Crematorium. In 1947, a Geoffrey Shaw Memorial Fund was established for the benefit of talented instrumentalists under the age of eighteen, and there is now a Martin and Geoffrey Shaw Organ Scholarship at St Mary's, Primrose Hill.
Shaw was married to Mary Grace Shaw, born in 1881, who survived him until 1954. He was the father of six children, including the actor Sebastian Shaw (1905–1994), best known for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. His other children were James, Peter, Susan, Margaret and Penelope. James, like his father a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral, read History at Caius, his father's Cambridge college, and was killed during the Second World War. Penelope Shaw became an actress. One of Shaw's great-grandchildren, Emma Bonner-Morgan, is a singer-songwriter and pianist.
https://wn.com/Dr_Geoffrey_Shaw_(Piano)_Prelude_In_G_Minor_Bourree_In_E_Major_(Bach)_(1937)
More Bach played by Dr Geoffrey Shaw and recorded at Decca's Thames Street Studios on 13 December 1937.
From Wikipedia: Geoffrey Turton Shaw (14 November 1879 – 14 April 1943) was an English composer and musician specialising in Anglican church music. After Cambridge, where he was an organ scholar, he became a schoolmaster, then a schools inspector, while producing a stream of compositions, arrangements, and published collections of music. He was awarded the Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music.
Shaw worked with his brother Martin Shaw, also a composer, while his son Sebastian was a Shakespearean actor who is remembered for the Star Wars role of Anakin Skywalker.
Born at Clapham, South London, in 1879, Shaw was the son of James Fallas Shaw, a composer of church music and organist of Hampstead, and the younger brother of the composer Martin Shaw (1875–1958). Geoffrey Shaw became a chorister at St Paul's Cathedral under Sir George Martin and was then educated at Derby School and Caius College, Cambridge. At Caius, he was an organ scholar, studied with Sir Charles Stanford and Charles Wood, and graduated BA in 1901 and MusB in 1902.
From 1902 to 1910, Shaw was a music master and Director of Music at Gresham's School, Holt, a role in which he was succeeded by his fellow Old Derbeian, Walter Greatorex. Benson's History of Gresham's School notes that 'Shaw was too fine a musician to be held for long, despite his love of Norfolk, and he went on to become an outstanding School Inspector.'
Shaw was an inspector of music in London schools from 1911 to 1940, simultaneously holding several posts as an organist, and in 1920 was his brother Martin's successor as organist of St Mary's, Primrose Hill, remaining there until 1930. He was also Inspector of Music to the Board of Education from 1928 until his retirement in 1942. For some years he chaired the BBC's schools music sub-committee.
In his Board of Education work, Shaw worked to raise standards of musical education in schools and also supported popular organisations and training colleges. His unofficial activities included promoting summer schools for teachers, and he was in demand as an adjudicator at music festivals. He was the first adjudicator of the Thanet Competitive Musical Festival, founded in 1921.
As a composer, Shaw's work included choral works, anthems, hymn tunes and arrangements, a ballet called 'All at Sea,' chamber pieces, orchestral works, and other songs, including part-songs and unison songs. Several descants by Shaw, Alan Gray and Ralph Vaughan Williams appear in Songs of Praise, one of the earliest hymnals to include such work. Shaw was an enthusiast for folk music and the work of Henry Purcell, and one of his aims was to restore the dignity of Christian music.
With his brother, Shaw edited song books. He was one of the editors of The Public School Hymn Book of 1919 and also published the Descant Hymn-Tune Book, in two volumes. With Percy Dearmer, Martin and Geoffrey Shaw had a significant influence on 20th-century church music.
Shaw's friend John Ireland composed the melody for My Song Is Love Unknown over lunch one day with Shaw, and at his suggestion.
In 1932, Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, awarded Shaw the honorary Lambeth degree of Doctor of Music. When Shaw died in 1943, he was cremated and his ashes buried at Golders Green Crematorium. In 1947, a Geoffrey Shaw Memorial Fund was established for the benefit of talented instrumentalists under the age of eighteen, and there is now a Martin and Geoffrey Shaw Organ Scholarship at St Mary's, Primrose Hill.
Shaw was married to Mary Grace Shaw, born in 1881, who survived him until 1954. He was the father of six children, including the actor Sebastian Shaw (1905–1994), best known for the role of Anakin Skywalker in Return of the Jedi. His other children were James, Peter, Susan, Margaret and Penelope. James, like his father a chorister of St Paul's Cathedral, read History at Caius, his father's Cambridge college, and was killed during the Second World War. Penelope Shaw became an actress. One of Shaw's great-grandchildren, Emma Bonner-Morgan, is a singer-songwriter and pianist.
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How Far is it to Bethlehem? by Geoffrey Shaw
Performed by The Gleniffer Singers
Conducted by Dr Roger McLean and accompanied by David Stewart
Musical Director Dr Roger McLean
Recorded by Eddie Goutcher
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Performed by The Gleniffer Singers
Conducted by Dr Roger McLean and accompanied by David Stewart
Musical Director Dr Roger McLean
Recorded by Eddie Goutcher
Photo taken by Iain Waterston Photography
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Performed by The Gleniffer Singers
Conducted by Dr Roger McLean and accompanied by David Stewart
Musical Director Dr Roger McLean
Recorded by Eddie Goutcher
Photo taken by Iain Waterston Photography
https://www.facebook.com/GlenifferSingers/
https://www.iainwaterstonphotography.com/
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